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Thanks in advance to anyone who might know where to steer me on this. I am looking for a centrifugal switch for my Mark V motor. This is a GE 1 1/8 hp. model, number is 5kc37pn186a

Bought this motor, used, a few years ago. Disassembled it to clean out sawdust and check lubrication. When the rotor ...

Have searched the forums but can't find anything on the following problem. Am setting up an old (model 610) Magna jigsaw (aerial number indicates from late 1950s) and I can't keep the table from moving. Have tightened everything down, but can still grip the leading edge of the table and rock it up ...

Bill:

Thanks so much! I'll email you shortly.

Dear JPG40504:

Sorry for the error: when I said "6 years later" I had been looking at your "join" date of 2008. My mistake.

Thank you very much, though, for the reply--and its promptness. I will keep an eye out for one of the old springs on eBay. In the meantime, I'll start working on some rigged ...

Dear Oddie and JPG50404:

If either of you is still out there, by any chance, some six years after you originally wrote them, I've just reviewed the posts (and pictures!) regarding the different types of anti-rattle spring behind the speed control dial on the Mark V. Incredibly helpful!

I have a ...